---
title: "October 16, 2028 — Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite"
description: "Monday, October 16, 2028. 3 October (Old Style). Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite. No fast"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-10-16"
language: "en"
---

Monday

# October 16, 2028

3 October (Old Style) · 20th week after Pentecost

Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar)

[Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-10-16) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2028-10-16)

[Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2028-10)

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## Events of the day

- Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite

  Commemoration

## Fasting

No fast

No fast today.

Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill.

## Readings of the day

- Epistle

  Philippians 2:12–16

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  12 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

  13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

  14 Do all things without complaining and arguing,

  15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

  16 holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

- Gospel

  Luke 6:24–30

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  24 “But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

  25 Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

  26 Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

  27 “But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

  28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

  29 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don’t withhold your coat also.

  30 Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.

## Saints and icons

- Prayer of the day: [Morning prayer of St Macarius the Great](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/morning-macarius)